Taplow United Football Club is a

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club based in the village of

Taplow Taplow is a village and civil parish in the Unitary Authority of Buckinghamshire, England. It sits on the left bank of the River Thames, facing Maidenhead in the neighbouring county of Berkshire, with Cippenham and Burnham to the east. It is th ...

, in the county of

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...

, England. They were founded in 1923 and offer football for boys and girls across all age groups from Under 7 to Under 18 plus 3 senior men's sides. The men's first team currently compete in the and play at the Stanley Jones Memorial Ground.

History

The football club was formed, by former pupils of Slough Secondary School in 1923 and were originally called ''Old Paludians''. In the 1994–95 season the club joined division one of the

Chiltonian League The Chiltonian League was an English football league, existing from 1984 until its merger with the Hellenic League in 2000. While never having a defined place in the English football league system, successful clubs moved from the Chiltonian Leagu ...

. In 1998 the club then changed its name to Taplow United. In 2000 the Chiltonian league merged into the

Hellenic Football League The Hellenic Football League, currently known as the Uhlsport Hellenic Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English men's football league covering an area including the English counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, southern Buck ...

, but the club did not join the merged league and moved to the

East Berkshire Football League The East Berkshire Football League is a football competition based in East Berkshire, England. The league has two divisions, headed by the Premier Division. The Premier Division was a feeder to the Hellenic League but lost its step 7 status afte ...

instead. In the 2004–05 season the club moved to the

Reading League The Thames Valley Premier Football League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of five divisions – the Premier Division, then Divisions One to Four. It was founded in 1989 as the Reading Senior League, as a merger of the ...

Ground

Taplow United play their home games at Stanley Jones Memorial Ground, Berry Hill, Taplow, Berkshire SL6 0DA. The club has played here since 1955, previously having played at Lascelles Road.

Honours

*Slough Town Challenge Cup **Winners (1) 1994–95 **Runners-up (1) 1995–96

References

External links

Official website
{{Hellenic League Football clubs in Buckinghamshire 1923 establishments in England Association football clubs established in 1923 Football clubs in England Chiltonian League East Berkshire Football League Thames Valley Premier Football League Hellenic Football League